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* Evaluate current information retrieval research and future directions for information retrieval systems

Brief description

Effective Information Retrieval is at the heart of the 'rnformation society?. Beginning with the student'r experience of Internet search engines and library OPACs the course progresses through the surface level user experience through successive layers into the underlying tools and principles of IR systems. Students will develop a working knowledge of the principles of information retrieval in the information age and generate a view of how information retrieval will develop in the future.

Content

The course will address a range of content linked to the learning outcomes. Primarily content will revolve around

Evaluation of online information retrieval systems and the retrieval mechanisms operating within them

Exploration and evaluate of different methods of indexing from traditional through to state of the art

The methods, and issues surrounding, the evaluation of performance of information retrieval systems

The implications of different indexing and retrieval methods for users, systems design and management

Evaluation of the opportunities, problems and issues in the context of non-traditional multimedia information retrieval

Evaluation of current information retrieval research and future directions for information retrieval systems.

Module Skills

Skills Type

Skills details

Communication

Individual coursework in report format will include the presentation of information and the critical assessment of the process of obtaining that information. The report will develop presentation, evaluation and written communication skills.

Improving own Learning and Performance

Encourages development within the principles of open learning.

Information Technology

Information technology will be used as a tool on the module; but the information technology itself is secondary to the information literacy skills that will be developed. All coursework is to be word-processed.

Personal Development and Career planning

As part of a CILIP accredited course the module offers opportunities for development in a number of information related careers.

Problem solving

A core element of information seeking is the ability to solve an information problem by identifying the core issues, identifying possible remedies and finding a solution.

Research skills

A core element of information seeking is the ability to solve an information problem by identifying the core issues, identifying possible remedies and finding a solution.